In the blue light of midnight

Multifandom sideblog of AlexisVidal7. I write fanfics and draw for the shows I watch, but at the moment this blog is mostly analysis and headcanons. Focused on Solarballs right now.

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Human: If life gives you lemons...

Earth: And if it doesn't, you'd figure out how to make them. Oh, wait, you DID make those!

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Solarballs musing: Neptune and Venus/Mars parallels?

Neptune is probably the one that understands how Mars and Venus feel about Theia-Proto and Earth-Luna the best.

Why? Triton.

The same thing that made him lose his original moons he already cared for, gave him his current moons he adores. And it was his gravity that caused it.

That would have made him feel the same kind of guilt as the rocky duo: It hurt, but wishing it never happened would be like wishing they didn't have some of the most important people they have now.

There are nuances, like how Neptune didn't use his gravity on Triton intentionally, his original moons weren't sentient yet and Triton would still exist if they didn't cross paths, he just wouldn't be Neptune's moon, but you get what I'm getting at.

Neptune would have been able to help them process it, which would have been especially good for Venus; but, given the distance and Neptune's mental state, that never happened 🥲

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Earth, shortly after the Planet Revolution: I’ve got the best moon in the whole Solar System.

Luna, with a knowing smile: Because the others are gone?

Earth: Um… Maybe.

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Solarballs gijinka: Planet X

In body type, I feel like pre-ejection he leaned into tall but thin, like when teenagers go through a growth spurt. Then, while he was banished, he lost a lot of weight because he didn't take care of himself. Once he went back, he started to put on some healthy weight but kept being rather thin.

He has scars from the ejection, but the one that looks like an X is more of a mark. It was a reminder of why he couldn't forgive Jupiter and Saturn since "X" is something unknown in algebra, a place where something is (maybe hidden) in maps and a symbol of something rejected or eliminated. In other words, because they gave those meanings to his name or because they made him X if it wasn't his name.

He has owl wings; however, they look like they are made of dark mist with little ice crystals floating on it. This is because to me he's Nox, so his wings are the darkness of the night and the stars in it. Maybe they look more solid or misty depending on emotions?

His hair too resembles a veil of dark mist, so is rather straight and long, but light.

Maybe bull-like horns, because of the Moon being very related to the night. And then he loses them/they break during the ejection because of that being the reason he doesn't have moons?

Another option is his design being based on bats/vampire. You know, fangs and bat wings, maybe also misty, that dub as cloak/cape.

He looked disheveled during his banishment, too obsessed with not missing a single detail he could use for his revenge to care for his looks (it's not like anyone would see him anyway).

He had his wings always stuck to his back or wrapped around him as a self-hug 🥺 or a sign that he had his guard up.

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A Journey into Darkness part 2 review

Spoilers from the last Solarballs episode!

Where do I start?

I feel like Ogle didn't really find the Solar System. But maybe I'm reaching. Then again, writer brain could be picking up literary resources they may not be using as I would (not a critique, just pointing it out).

And talking about that, I was wrong, the robots were the ones to help Astrodude. However, there's definitely ulterior motives there. I doubt they only did it because the literal Earth asked, they must have a plan.

The conversation between Sun and Earth was great, they are making progress and they smiling at each other warmed my heart 😍. I did not expect Proto and Theia to be brought up but yes, Sun got the wrong lesson from that, and a lot of other stuff. That's one of his big issues, his experiences shaped his view in a way that made every thing that should have been a "wake-up call" end up warping his view even more instead. It was a self-feeding loop that deteriorated his relationship with his system and his own mental health. The rogues' second attack will likely have him fighting to not fall into that pattern again...

WISE is acting wise! Yay! And the survivors made Jupiter get out of his guilt-driven not-listen-to-anyone spiral! And finally all the planets realized they shouldn't have joined the Kingdom!!! Sadly, it's too late. I just hope someone goes save the dwarf planets now that WISE is low-key on their side.

The goodbyes... Dude, I was holding onto they coming up with something to avoid it until that part. At least they have their moons, I guess? Even though I feel bad for Trillisto (and the show seems to have forgotten about Titanic).

I actually expected more from the rocky planets' goodbye, and maybe seeing some moons saying goodbye too, but I loved the other goodbyes.

The fact that Neptune gave Guillermo to Uranus must show he's getting better, mentally, right? Or maybe that, since he's used to being away from everyone, he can deal with it better than Uranus (but still not well)? And Jupiter, trying to be strong for Saturn when he cried. He's so crying too once he's "alone" and reflecting on it all happening mainly because of him (I'm saying it as he'd see it). Can they not just agree to meet up somewhere once they are away from the rogues, though? (aka I'm in the Nile).

As a last note, I liked the plot organization of this episode better than the previous one.

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Solarballs musing: What is DSOTM really?

At first, I thought the show was following the 2 moon theory (2 moons formed, but the smaller got splattered on the bigger's far-side, creating the lunar highgrounds), but then only Luna formed when they showed us the aftermath of the collision.

The way their switch works makes it feel even more like that was the case, rather than them being a DID system (aka, Dark being an alter of Luna, who would be the host).

I'm guessing they just didn't think about it that hard back then when DSOTM was introduced, but I'd still like an in-verse explanation.

Also, I'd like to see him talking to Earth. He tecnically has 2 moons and he should know both 🥺

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Planet X: My name is X.

Neptune: No, it's a letter, silly~

Or alternatively:

Planet X: I'm Planet X.

Neptune: Hi! I'm Planet N! Nice to meet you!

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Solarballs musing: The perception of Earth

Have you noticed how everyone seems to have forgotten Earth is the biggest and most massive rocky planet and densest planet of the Solar System?

I wonder if it bothered him when that was eclipsed by being "the planet with life" and his friends started treating him as if he was delicate.

He isn't, we are.

It also makes me wonder about how it'd be once he loses his habitability. Will they see him as the strongest rocky again?

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so is no one going to address the elephant in the room….

Like the ex-rocky planets why their voices are like that and why they act like that why they act so much younger than mars Venus Mercury

like they’re supposed to be much much older than them around, like Jupiters kind of “mental age” using an educated guess on how Jupiter act I’m assuming Jupiter is around middle age so ain’t the ex-rocky planets supposed to act somewhat like that

did they got hit by the head probably not did they just became conscious?????

Solarballs in their plot holes 😫😤

like I get it they’re cute, but ‘canonically’ pacting way younger than the others is it because they’re not as experienced not as traumatize?????

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I think we should focus less on the age and just look at maturity here, because if, then SIMP and OTS would have to act younger due to being relatively young celestial bodies (compared to the solar system).

Maturity is shaped by the environment and experiences. Rocky planets had eachother and the Sun, as well as Jupiter and the rest in their neighbouring circle. Why Proteus acted like a child can be drawn back to Neptune basically never being there and treating his moons like little kids, thus they never developed any sort of mature self.

I agree that the voices are really misleading and inconsistent (as much as their designs; I think they even used one of the supernova survivors' design for the tack survivors, so ;-;), but they most likely act as kids because the Rogue Kingdom intended to treat them like kids so they don't develop any sense of self perception and go against the leaders. It's easier to manipulate children than more mature people.

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Solarballs gijinka: Sun + Rockies edition

Sun

Sun is built like a powerlifter.

His hair gets tangled during his high activity cycles and it slowly fixes itself as he moves past it.

Maybe has 8 arms, one for each major planet.

He looks like he's on fire.

Mercury

Mercury has athlete (runner) body and freckles.

Looks younger than he is for some reason.

Wings on feet and head, but they are small even if they move a lot, reacting to his emotions.

Very short hair.

Freckles, aka craters.

Venus

Venus doesn't have marked muscles, but they are firm to the touch.

What he does have is long lashes, which contrast a lot with his sharp features.

Long voluminous hair (reminiscent of his atmosphere), which he keeps because Theia liked it. Maybe he cut it after the Lost Earth arc.

Maybe afro-textured hair because of Aphrodite?

He looks the most like the Sun and he doesn't like it, especially lately.

Earth & Luna

They are both average in body type, but Luna leans towards thin and Earth towards thick.

Earth looks A LOT like Proto but his features are softer.

His hair stays however he styles it no matter the hair texture he gives it (aka, stright, curly, weavy...). I feel like it'd be layered, though.

Luna has Theia's eyes and a very round face (also from her).

Luna has a short bob cut (makes his face look even more round).

Since life developed on Earth, they took traits of the predominant species (aka, in the dino era, Earth had dino tail, now he looks completely human.)

Mars & his moons

Mars is a bit the opposite of Venus in body type, he's slighly toned, but soft to the touch.

His hair is short, thin and looks dry (like his atmosphere).

Valles Marineris is a scar across his chest and he also has a dip on his forehead from the Borealis impact.

Phobos and Deimos look a lot like each other but not that much like Mars, which is where the "They are captured asteroids" comes from.

Their hair is very unruly, no matter how much Mars tries to fix it, it doesn't last.

Either the 3 of them or just Phobos and Deimos have wolf traits (because of Romulus and Remus).

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Earth, noticing carcinization: Why is everyone turning into crabs?

Humans: *Make Luna the ruler of the crab zodiac.*

Earth: Oh, that's why.

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A little Earth headcannon

when he’s down on his surface, he suddenly turns into a Disney princess so like every animal comes up to him and be so calm and sweet it doesn’t matter if it’s a wild animal about to bite someone’s head off it will turn into a puppy in minutes.

because they can feel like the earth energy they know it’s the earth so the animals feel a mediate calmness when they are on earth because they know it’s earth.

and Luna just scared for their life thinking the animal going to attack them and telling earth to be careful they might pounce on him and eat him alive.

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This and add that humans kind of feel it too (since we are tecnically animals), but much less because we have evolved past our primal roots and would likely not act on it anyway. Kids and people that are more connected to nature would probably feel comforted and like they have known him since forever, though.

With Luna, I think it would be mostly night animals behaving that way when he's near.

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Solarballs musing: Neptune's original moons

I came across an article that said Nereid is an original minor moon of Neptune and the inner moons are debris of the original moons.

I wonder how Neptune would react to finding out.

He didn't lost all of them! Nereid just got in a weird orbit but survived intact! And Proteus and the others are part of those initial 3, so he still has them in a way!

I think Triton would be somewhat relieved too. They talk too little about how guilty he must feel.

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Mars: Luna seems good, but he helps Earth cheat at cards.

Earth: Well, that's good for me.

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Solarballs gijinka: Jovian edition

Jupiter is built like a powerlifter (weight class is up to interpretation, but the heavier the weight the bulkier they are and I don't think he's a light weight).

Jupiter is built like Maui (from Moana), who is based of a wrestler.

The shape of his eyes is like an eagle's.

The shape of his eyes is like a cuckoo bird's and he also has their long tail and pointed wings coming from his lower back, which makes him look like he's wearing some sort of cape or cutaway coat (I'm not sure if that's the English word for "chaqué").

His hair is always fuzzy because of how powerful his electromagnetic field is.

The whole orbit has greek curls (Google says they are called ringlets?).

The Great Red Spot is just a prominent and differently colored lock of hair.

The Great Red Spot is a wound/scar that's still healing.

Sometimes, little electric sparks betray his emotions when they are intense enough.

Sometimes, his hair sparks with lightning as if it was a giant stormcloud.

They all have somewhat animalistic traits related to their myths. For example, Calisto has bear traits, Europa bull traits, Io cow traits and Ganymede eagle traits. The one's that were transformed in the myth have more prominent traits.

Ganymede looks like a young, rocky Jupiter. I'm mainly talking about his face, but the hair and body type may be similar too.

Callisto looks like a female Jupiter, but her usual expression makes it harder to see than with Ganymede.

Io's sulfuric acid clouds lit up with lightning when he's close enough to Jupiter, so he likes to blow them on his rings to make them more visible and cool (or around him to make his version of fireworks).

Europa's cracks look like lightning strike scars. This happens to all Jupiter's moons but it's more noticeable on her.

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A Journey into Darkness part 1 review

Spoilers from the last Solarballs episode!

I actually liked this episode.

The main thing is that they are showing everyone's character development:

Sun is willing to really talk. Something I've said was the real big problem of the Solar System before the show brought it up (but I don't remember if I mention it in this blog about it). Now, this is a reality check-driven character development well executed (one of my complaints about X's character arc).

X is teaching others to let go of revenge. This shows he has really moved past it and is using his experience to stop others from making the same mistakes as him. I also want to point out that he is helping the one he wanted to take revenge on break free from manipulation (which was his main tactic to get his revenge).

WISE is questioning his loyalty, finally. They've been showing us he isn't the typical blind follower for a while and I wonder if observing the Solar System for so long has something to do with it. Like, he was a blind follower, but he started slowly drifting from it by seeing how different the Solar System works from the Kingdom, and yet he kept clinging onto the blindness because, well, it's a cult and that's the effect it has.

I also love the Great Tack survivors defending X and listening to him. It makes me think of how easily X could manipulate them, but he doesn't. He's getting higher on my list of favs.

And someone save the dwarf planets, please. I thought they may be able to guide themselves by the constellations or asking nearby stars, but it seems that's not the path they will take.

I've got a problem with the POV jumping around, though. Like, as a writer, I'd focus on one place (either the Solar System or the Rogue Planet Kingdom) and finish that part of the plot before going to the other. They could use stuff like following Ogle to connect the two places, for example by showing him wondering what's going on in the SS while he travels and then they give us the answer by showing the SS plot with the Sun and the Earth. This order would also make the whole "finding the way to bring Earth there" hit different since we'd still not know Sun is starting to change.

Also, that jumping POV is going to make it hard for fanfic writers to find the parts relevant for their story, since they are mixed with parts that may not be as relevant for it. Yes, I'm talking about me.

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SB headcanon: Neptune saying his name

What if Neptune says "I'm Neptune" to remind himself of his name?

I wonder where that'd put him in his list of important people (since he remembers the names of the people important to him).